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Jesus on the cross, where did He go when He died?

In a short answer., He didn’t go to Hell. He was the righteous Son of God He was sinless even though He carried all the sins of the people who would believe. Sin was initially committed in the body of Adam and Eve and there needed to be payment for that sin in which Jesus paid in full, fulfilling the Mosaic Law. God was able to raise Jesus from the dead as He was found to be Righteous. The old testament saints in Paradise were waiting for this day.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

Jesus speaking to the disciples Luke 16:19 Abraham being the father of believer’s faith.

1“Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated and lived joyously in splendor every day. 20 And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores. 21 He [eagerly] longed to eat the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. 22 Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s [e]bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise). 24 And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you [people] a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to come over from here to you will not be able, and none may cross over from there to us.’ 27 So the rich man said, ‘Then, father [Abraham], I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—in order that he may solemnly warn them and witness to them, so that they too will not come to this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have [the Scriptures given by] Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets; let them listen to them.’ 30 He replied, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent [they will change their old way of thinking and seek God and His righteousness].’ 31 And he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to [the messages of] Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

When Jesus died and went to Paradise, He entered Paradise triumphantly, telling the Old Testament saints that He was the promised Saviour and to Join Him and believe in His power to save them from sin. . Father God then Resurrected Him along with the OT saints emptying Paradise displaying His victory over demonic powers and death. Father God was able to raise Him from the dead, being the only Man to fulfill God’s requirement  for holiness. 

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